Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Boys			Change
50.	Leonard	0.34%	+12	+1,856	+58.6%
49.	Daniel	0.34%	-8	-149	-2.9%
48.	Anthony	0.34%	+30	+2,590	+106%
47.	Herman	0.35%	+3	+832	+19.7%
46.	Lee	0.35%	+2	+774	+17.7%
45.	Michael	0.36%	+9	+1,294	+33.0%
44.	Leo	0.38%	-1	+938	+20.0%
43.	Eugene	0.40%	+6	+1,606	+37.3%
41.	Elmer	0.42%	-5	+514	+9.1%
41.	Sam	0.42%	+1	+1,220	+24.7%
40.	Andrew	0.43%	-6	+559	+9.8%
39.	Alfred	0.43%	0	+983	+18.3%
38.	Theodore	0.44%	+45	+4,190	+182%
37.	Lawrence	0.47%	+8	+2,249	+48.9%
36.	Herbert	0.47%	-1	+1,297	+22.9%
35.	Francis	0.48%	+11	+2,486	+54.8%
34.	Charlie	0.54%	-4	+667	+9.2%
33.	Howard	0.55%	0	+2,065	+34.7%
32.	Samuel	0.56%	-7	+292	+3.7%
31.	David	0.59%	-2	+1,287	+17.6%
30.	Ernest	0.59%	-6	+780	+9.9%
29.	Jack	0.63%	+15	+4,587	+99.0%
28.	Earl	0.63%	-7	+954	+11.5%
27.	Ralph	0.63%	+5	+2,347	+33.8%
26.	Carl	0.67%	-3	+1,818	+22.6%
25.	Louis	0.71%	-5	+1,930	+22.9%
24.	Joe	0.71%	+4	+2,984	+39.9%
23.	Roy	0.73%	-4	+853	+8.7%
22.	Richard	0.73%	+4	+3,104	+41.0%
21.	Raymond	0.79%	+5	+4,078	+53.9%
20.	Paul	0.86%	+2	+4,455	+54.5%
19.	Harold	0.87%	+12	+5,777	+82.3%
18.	Fred	0.89%	-3	-1,194	-8.4%
17.	Clarence	0.93%	0	+1,673	+14.1%
16.	Albert	1.04%	0	+1,565	+11.4%
15.	Arthur	1.05%	-1	-940	-5.7%
14.	Willie	1.21%	+4	+7,897	+80.2%
13.	Harry	1.22%	-2	-3,424	-16.1%
12.	Walter	1.36%	+1	+502	+2.6%
11.	Henry	1.48%	-1	+108	+0.5%
10.	Thomas	1.48%	+2	+668	+3.2%
9.	Edward	1.67%	0	+2,483	+11.3%
8.	Frank	1.98%	-1	+328	+1.1%
7.	Joseph	2.40%	-1	+6,173	+21.3%
6.	Robert	2.44%	+2	+9,702	+37.1%
5.	Charles	2.47%	0	-664	-1.8%
4.	George	2.97%	0	+231	+0.5%
3.	James	4.24%	0	+11,447	+22.6%
2.	William	4.72%	0	-2,924	-4.0%
1.	John	5.77%	0	+3,927	+4.9%

Rank	Name	Pct.	Rank	Num.	Pct.
Girls			Change
50.	Lillie	0.50%	-9	+1,298	+9.2%
49.	Laura	0.50%	-15	-901	-5.5%
48.	Julia	0.52%	-3	+2,659	+19.8%
47.	Beatrice	0.52%	+24	+8,782	+117%
46.	Nellie	0.53%	-16	-946	-5.5%
45.	Viola	0.53%	+20	+7,173	+76.4%
44.	Sarah	0.56%	-13	+188	+1.1%
43.	Agnes	0.57%	-4	+3,187	+22.1%
42.	Ruby	0.59%	+24	+9,476	+109%
41.	Thelma	0.59%	+128	+15,880	+666%
40.	Eva	0.59%	-7	+1,897	+11.5%
39.	Elsie	0.59%	-4	+2,077	+12.7%
38.	Evelyn	0.60%	+52	+12,955	+229%
37.	Josephine	0.61%	+12	+6,322	+50.7%
36.	Ida	0.61%	-15	-2,346	-11.1%
35.	Myrtle	0.63%	-7	+1,974	+11.1%
34.	Minnie	0.64%	-21	-4,900	-19.9%
33.	Esther	0.65%	+4	+5,289	+35.9%
32.	Edith	0.67%	-3	+3,234	+18.3%
31.	Pearl	0.67%	-5	+1,859	+9.8%
30.	Mabel	0.70%	-10	-366	-1.7%
29.	Martha	0.70%	-4	+2,335	+12.0%
28.	Catherine	0.71%	+10	+7,505	+51.8%
27.	Louise	0.74%	+9	+7,688	+50.7%
26.	Gertrude	0.76%	-2	+3,709	+18.6%
25.	Irene	0.76%	+19	+10,035	+73.7%
24.	Hazel	0.77%	-1	+3,648	+18.1%
23.	Clara	0.77%	-12	-1,574	-6.2%
22.	Bessie	0.77%	-8	-433	-1.8%
21.	Emma	0.78%	-12	-4,476	-15.6%
20.	Bertha	0.78%	-8	-878	-3.5%
19.	Grace	0.87%	-1	+3,123	+13.1%
18.	Annie	0.89%	+1	+4,626	+20.0%
17.	Rose	0.91%	+5	+6,972	+33.0%
16.	Frances	0.92%	+11	+10,409	+57.5%
15.	Edna	0.96%	+2	+5,764	+23.9%
14.	Gladys	0.98%	+29	+16,663	+122%
13.	Lillian	1.05%	+3	+8,413	+34.9%
12.	Ethel	1.12%	-4	+3,415	+10.9%
11.	Alice	1.13%	+4	+10,817	+44.3%
10.	Mildred	1.17%	+32	+22,381	+162%
9.	Florence	1.17%	-2	+3,847	+11.9%
8.	Marie	1.19%	+2	+11,238	+43.5%
7.	Dorothy	1.26%	+50	+28,266	+261%
6.	Elizabeth	1.34%	-1	+7,829	+23.1%
5.	Ruth	1.64%	+1	+18,143	+55.2%
4.	Anna	1.77%	-2	-343	-0.6%
3.	Margaret	1.87%	0	+19,983	+52.7%
2.	Helen	2.24%	+2	+31,626	+83.7%
1.	Mary	5.20%	0	+30,366	+23.2%